AI detection arms race is a losing battle; assessment redesign needed
_akpiper · x · 2026-08-20
Marc Watkins argues that the arms race between AI detectors and bypassers/humanizers is futile. Students pay for bypassers, faculty pay for detectors, and both lose while AI companies profit. He asserts that redesigning assessments, not relying on detection, is the only viable path forward.
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